Clues for the word "SWEEP"
We've had 118 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 208 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 09, 2026.
Definition of sweep
- v. i. - To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.
- v. i. - To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.
- v. i. - To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- v. i. - To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- v. i. - To strike with a long stroke.
- v. i. - To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
- v. i. - To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
- v. i. - To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
- v. i. - To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.
- v. i. - To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
- n. - The act of sweeping.
- n. - The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
- n. - The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
- n. - The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
- n. - Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
- n. - Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
- n. - Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
- n. - One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
- n. - A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
- n. - The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.
- n. - A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- n. - The almond furnace.
- n. - A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- n. - In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.
- n. - The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
Referring Clues
- Win all the games
- Range
- 4-0 World Series win, e.g.
- Win decisively
- Full-scale victory
- Grand slam, e.g.
- Clean the carpet
- Win every game
- Take three of three, say
- Four for four, say
- Win the first four games in a World Series, e.g.
- Lopsided postseason result
- Remove dust bunnies
- Win every game of
- Clean with a broom
- Use a broom
- Win them all
- Take four out of four, maybe
- 4-0 series win, e.g.
- The 2007 World Series, for one
- Win the World Series in four games, say
- Football play
- Search thoroughly, as with radar
- 4-0 Series win
- Clean or chimney follower
- Search thoroughly
- Win three of three
- "Clean" series win
- End run
- Win without losing once
- Chimney chaser
- Win the series in four
- 7-0 record, e.g.
- Check for bugs
- Clean the floor
- Win all th e game
- What some curlers do
- "Clean" series win
- Clean, in a way
- Check for electronic bugs
- Lose no games
- Win every game of a series
- Karate move
- Examine electronically
- Chimney cleaner
- Win it all
- Clear the floor
- The 2004 World Series, e.g.
- 4-0, in the World Series
- Wield a broom
- Search for bugs
- Vacuum
- Four straight wins to start the World Series, e.g.
- "Chimney" or "clean" follower
- See 26 Across
- Bug hunt
- Win the World Series without a loss
- Go majestically
- Win four out of four, say
- Tidy up
- Series shutout
- Do the floor
- Stroke with a broom
- Clean up crumbs
- Cleans the floor
- Go 4-0 in the Series, e.g.
- Take four of four games, say
- Suffer no losses
- Win four of four games, say
- Win every game in a series
- Do a custodial job
- Lottery, for short
- Popeye's boy
- Clean house
- Clean
- Whisk
- Winning of all prizes
- Do this before you mop
- Clean up in lottery
- Cry after second lottery
- Brush
- Traditionally black-coated worker
- Clean with broom
- Gamble with broom?
- Comprehensive search
- Clean with this for total success?
- Brush up for Santa's entrance
- Word with "chimney" or "clean"
- Lopsided playoff result
- Go 4-0, maybe
- One giving the chimney a brush up?
- Expanse
- Brush, a puppet
- Brush stroke
- Lottery could cause son to shed tears
- Prize may make son cry
- 15 shot, one clearing the way for Father Christmas?
- Clean with a whisk
- Win all games
- Do a little housework
- Win every prize in
- Check for listening devices
- 4-0 series, say
- Gather dust?
- Win the first four World Series games
- Sooty's pal Soo's beginning to cry
- Take a broom to
- 4-0, e.g.
- Look (for), as electronic bugs
- Win each game of a series
- Win overwhelmingly
- In one short month, we do a clean job
- Wide scope
- Clean a porch
- In which you may make money and clean up
- Tidy up a porch
- One of eight Yankee World Series victories
- Gather dust, maybe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 26, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 10, 2025
- LA Times - June 09, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2025
- Family Time - October 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2023
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